Your Childcare Offer

The Childcare Offer funding starts from the term after your child's 3rd birthday. 

It is made up of:

Eligible parents can still use the childcare funding if they choose not to take up the 12.5 hours of nursery education.  However, childcare hours funded through the Childcare Offer do not increase if a parent does not use their nursery education entitlement. 

Childcare Funding: Who can apply?

You can apply for the 17.5 hours per week of childcare funding if:

• You live in the Vale of Glamorgan 
• Your child is 3 to 4 years old.  The childcare funding ends once your child starts full-time school.  This is usually the September after their 4th birthday.
• Both parents work in a two-parent family (some benefits are also eligible.  Please see ‘Your Childcare Offer in the Vale of Glamorgan’ video for details) 
• The sole parent works in a lone-parent family 
• You earn at least:
• £142.56 per week if you are 23 years old or older
• £133.76 per week if you are 21-22 years old 
• £104.96 per week if you are 18-20 years old

(these rates are based on 16 hrs per week at the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage for April 2021-March 2022 and will change annually)

• You earn less than £100, 000 per year (gross) per parent.

For more information, please use our guides below.

All your questions answered in this Childcare Offer Application Guide

We have a set of three clips to help you understand and apply for the Childcare Offer in the Vale of Glamorgan:

What is the Childcare Offer?

Your Childcare Offer Application

Childcare Offer Frequently Asked Questions

Children with Additional Needs

If your child has additional needs and you are eligible for the Childcare Offer we may be able to fund training for childcare providers, additional childcare staffing, specialist equipment, or physical adjustments to childcare provision.  You can tell us that your child might have additional needs on your Childcare Offer application.

You may also be interested in our Index for Children with Disabilities or Additional Needs

Your Childcare Offer Application

If you need any help with your Childcare Offer application, please contact the Family Information Service on: 

• 01446 704704
• fis@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

When to Apply

The Childcare Offer is available from the term after your child’s third birthday until the September following their fourth birthday, when they start full-time school. 

Applications open approximately 8 weeks before the funding starts.

Autumn term 2021 applications for children born between 1 April 2018 and 31August 2018 can be submitted from 4 June 2021.

All complete applications submitted with all correct evidence by 2 July 2021 will be responded to by 19 July 2021, with funding to start at the beginning of Autumn Term.

Incomplete applications received between 4 June 2021 – 2 July 2021 will take longer to process.

You can still apply after 2 July 2021, but funding may not be guaranteed for the start of the Autumn Term and cannot be backdated.

• If you choose to use childcare before your application is approved, you will be liable for any costs of the childcare.
• Childcare Offer funding cannot be backdated for the period before an application is approved.
• You must talk to your childcare provider first as the application form asks you to confirm which childcare provider you are using.  

(Applications for children born between 1 September 2018 and 31 December 2018 can be submitted from 29 October 2021).

Contact details

Vale Family Information Service (FIS)

Dock Offices

Subway Road

Barry

Vale of Glamorgan

CF63 4RT

• 01446 704704
• fis@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

• @VOGFIS

• @VALEFIS